Justin Fox's article arguing that the costs of desalinated water in California are too expensive compared to conservation and buying water from the Metropolitan Water District ignores several pressing realities that the 22 million people living in Southern California h...

A scientific study has determined that "Seafloor Infiltration Gallery (SIG) intakes have not been demonstrated to be effective at minimizing intake and mortality of marine life.”, and 14 independent marine biologists who reviewed the Report signed in agreement with thi...

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a proud member of OCWISE and penned this powerful article in the OC Register today about the importance of desalination now and in the future. On July 15, LULAC authored the following Op-Ed in the Orange County Re...

The Irvine Ranch Water District's opposition to Poseidon's Huntington Beach desalination plant is troubling in that it ignores the facts: Orange County is 50% dependent on imported water from the Sierra Snowpack (at a 5

Photos from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory show a portion of the Sierra snowpack as it forms and melts between March and May 2014. Scientists say peak snowpack could be as much as 30 percent reduced by 2040. Image via Climate Resolve.

OC Wise has added a new page to our website - CONSERVATION. Talk of the historic California drought is everywhere and we thought prodiving a page with all the best info in one section would be helpful.